pass after this, that Ben-badad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 2 Kings xvii, 5. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. SHECHEM. Judges ix, 34. 35. And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. TIRZAH. 1 Kings xvi, 17. And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzab. THEBEZ. Judges ix.50. Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. ZIKLAG. 2 Chron. XXV, 23. And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 2 Chron. xxvi, 6. And he went forth and warred against the Ps. lxxxix, 40. Thou hast broken Isa. xvii, 3. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. Isa. xxv, 12. And the fortress of the higli fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. Isa. xxvi, 5, 6. For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; 1 Sam. xxx, 1. 2. And it came layeth it low, even to the ground; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he he bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy. to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; And had taken the women captives that were therein; they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. RESULTS OF THE SIEGE. OVERTHROW AND SPOLIATION. Deut. xxviii, 52. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land, and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Judges viii, 17. And he beat down the tower of Fenuel, and slew the men of the city. 2 Kings xiv, 13. And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake walls, and destroy, but make not LORD'S. Num. xxi, 28. For there is a m gone out of Heshbon, a from the city of Sibon: consumed Ar of Moab, and a lords of the high places of Armos Num. xxxi, 10. And they all their cities wherein they dest and all their goodly castles, fire. Deut. xii, 16. And thou sat gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof, every re be an heap for ever, it sta for the LORD thy God, and a be built again. Josh. viii, 28. And Joshua ! Ai, and made it an heap for re even a desolation, unto this dag that stood still in their r Josh. xi, 13. But as for the Hazor only; that did Josh Israel burned none of them, Sale Judges i, 8. Now the c Jer. xlviii, 18. of hosts, The broad walls of Baby Lam. ii, 2 5. The LORD hath lech gat him up to mount Z Judges ix, 48, 49. And Abi he and all the people that ax in bis hand, and cut dow with him; and Abimelech 10 bough from the trees, and and laid it on his shoulder siid unto the people that do, make haste, and do as with him, What ye have seen wise cut down every ma done. And all the people bough, and followed Atm and put them to the bold, the hold on fire upon that all the men of the tower a down the wall of Jerusalem from swallowed up all the habitations Shechem died also, about at the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 2 Chron xvi, 5, 6. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah: and they carried away the stones of Ramall, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was a building; and he Built therewith Geba and Mizpah. of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he the strong holds of the daughter sand men and women. Judges xviii, 27. And they b the things which Micah bad and the priest which he had d came unto Laish, unto a pode that were at quiet and setedge of the sword, and barat las and they smote them wit city with fire. Judges xx. 48. And the me Israel turned again upon the de L E t dren of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. Amos i, 4, 6, 7, 10. 12, 14. But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four. I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. But I will kindle a fire Isa. i, 7. Your country is deso-devour the palaces thereof, with in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall late, your cities are burnt with shouting in the day of battle, with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desoa tempest in the day of the whirlwind. jate, as overthrown by strangers. 1 Sam. xxx, 1, 14. And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb: and we burnt Ziklag with fire. Amos ii, 5. But I will send a 2 Sum. xv, 17, 22. And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. And David sald to Ittal, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 2 Sam. xviii, 4. And the king said unto them. What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds, and by thousands. 2 Chr. xviii, 28. So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramothgilead. 2 Chr. xx, 16. To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the Jer. xxxiv, 22. Behold, I will fire upon Judah, and it shall de brook, before the wilderness of command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. Jer. xxxvii, 7, 8. Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, hat sent you unto me to enquire of me, Behold, Pharaoli's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. Jer. xlvill, 45. They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. Ezek. xv, 7. And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. Ezek. xxi, 31, 32. And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered; for I the LORD have spoken it. Ezek. xxiv, 9. Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. Ezek. xxx, 8. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. I vour the palaces of Jerusalem. 3rd. MILITARY TACTICS. THE MARCH, ETC. Deut. xxiii, 9. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. Jud. 1, 9. And afterward the Jud. ix, 36. 37. And when Gaal Jud. xviii, 16. And the six hun- Jeruel. Isa. x, 28--32. He is come to Alath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages; They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty ATTEMPTED MARCH OF ISRAEL OF AMORITES. Num. xx, 17-21. Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither Jud. xx, 14. But the children of will we drink of the water of the Benjamin gathered themselves to- wells: we will go by the king's gether out of the cities unto G1-high way, we will not turn to the beah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. And 1 Sam. xv, 5. And Saul came to a Edom said unto him, Thou shalt city of Amalek, and laid wait in not pass by me, lest I come out the valley. 2 Sam. ii, 12. And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Malianaim to Gibeon. 2 Sam. v, 17. But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. against thee with the sword. And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else. go through on my feet. And he said,Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through hisborder: wherefore Israel turned away from him. Num. xxi, 21--23. And Israel sent messengers unto Sibon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high-way, until we be past thy borders. And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; but Sibon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. Judges xi, 16--20. But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; Then Israel sent mes sengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass though thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab; and came by the cast side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon: and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jabaz, and fought against Israel. DEVASTATION PRODUCED BY THE MARCH OF AN ENEMY. Num. xxii, 4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. Deut. xxvili, 51. And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. Judges vi, 3-6. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And they encamp ca ne unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night Josh. xi, 7. So Joshna came, and all the people of war with b against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fail ed against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza; and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grass-upon them. hoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. 2 Kings ill, 18, 19, 25. And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; how belt the slingers went about it, and smote it. Jer. iv, 20. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Jer. xxv, 37, 38. And the peace- covert, as the lion: for their land Jer. 1, 12. Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a Judges viil, 11. And Gide dwelt in tents on the east of went up by the way of them that Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure. Judges ix. 31-33, 42-44. And he sent messengers unto Abimelec privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed, and his brethren, be they fortify the city against the come to Shechem; and, behold Now therefore up by night, th and the people that is with the and lie in wait in the field; And shall be, that in the morning, a rise early, and set upon the cy soon as the sun is up, then she? and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come do to them as thou shalt against thee, then mayest th occasion. And it came to pass the morrow, that the people sa ont into the field; and they ad Abimelech. And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wit the field, and looked, and, bet the people were come forth of of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering two other companies ran upon of the gate of the city: and th the people that were in the folks, and slew them. 2 Sam. ii, 29, 32. And Abner and his men walked all that i through the plain, and passed ove Jordan, and went through a Bithron, and they came to Mae naim. And they took up Astel and buried him in the sepolc Jer. 1, 43. Her cities are a de-lehem: and Joab and his m of his father, which was in Beth solation, a dry land, and a wilder- went all night, and they came t ness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of Hebron at break of day. man pass thereby. desert. Micah ii. 4. In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled; he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. SUDDEN ATTACK. Gen. xiv, 15. And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Josh. x, 9. Joshua therefore 2 Sam. xvii, 22. Then Dat with him, and they passed off arose, and all the people that Jordan: by the morning lig there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. 2 Kings iii, 22, 23. And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: A are surely slain, and they hate they said, This is blood: the hing smitten one another. now there fore, Moab, to the spoil. AMBUSHES. fore sent them forth; and they we Josh.vili 9-17.19-22. Joshua ther to lie in ambush,andabodebetween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Al. And be took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city. And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that he hasted and rose up early; and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, e and all his people, at a time ippointed, before the plain: but he vist not that there were liers in Ambush against him behind the city. And Joshua and all Israel nade as if they were beaten before hem, and fled by the way of the wilderness. And all the people hat were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and hey pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el that went not out After Israel: and they left the city Open, and pursued after Israel. And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as 300n as he had stretched out his and: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and et the city on fire. And when he men of Ai looked behind them, hey saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee bis way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness urned back upon the pursuers. And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turn ed again, and slew the men of Ai. And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and hey smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. Judges vii, 19--22. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, looked behind them, and, behold, their backs before the men of Is 2 Chron. xiii, 13. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush ment was behind them. SIGNALS OF VARIOUS KINDS. According unto your words, so be Joshua ii, 21. And she sail, it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 1 Sam. xiv, 8-10. Then said they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then delivered them into our hand; and we will go up: for the LORD hath this shall be a sign unto us. Judges xx, 29-43. And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. And the children of Benjamin said, They are smit-Jonathan, Behold, we will pass ten down before us, as at the first. over unto these men, and we will But the children of Israel said, discover ourselves unto them. If Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew them selves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise up out of the city. And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are smitten down before ns, as in the first battle. But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites 1 Sam. xx, 19-22, 35--39. And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. Aud I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt, as the LORD liveth. But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows) are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jona than cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? And Jonathan cried after the lad Make speed, haste stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to Lis master. But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. Job xxl. 29. 29. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling-places of the wicked? Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens. Ezek. xxiv, 24. Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. INTELLIGENCE. FROM A DIVINE SOURCE. remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed.) and let us send and see. They took therefore two chariot horses and the, king sent after the Lost of the Syrians, saying. Go and see. And they went after them unto Jordan; and, lo, all the way as full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste: and the messengers returned, and told the king. FROM PRISONERS, FUGITIVES, ETC. Gen. xiv, 13. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amor 1 Kings xx, 22. And the pro-ite, brother of Eshcol, and brother phet came to the king of Israel, of Aner: and these cere confedaud said unto him, Go, strengthen erate with Abram. thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 2 Kings vi. 7--13. Therefore, said he, Take it up to thee. And be put out his hand, and took it. Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying. In such and such a place shall be my camp. And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him, and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing, and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION. 2 Kings vii, 12-15. And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that people so are fallen uni deai; and saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. Ani David said un the young man that told him. How knowest thou that Saul and Jona than his son be dead? And the young man that told him said. As I happened by chance upon at Gilboa, behold, Saul leined upe his spear, and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after Lan And when he looked behind bin, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 2 Sam. xi, 6, 7, 18-24 Anl David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab di and how the people did, and bow the war prospered. Then Jab sent and told David all the thing concerning the war, And charged the messenger, saying, When bot bast made an end of telling the Judges 1, 24-26. And the ples matters of the war unto the king saw a man come forth out of the And if so be that the king's wra city, and they said unto him, Show arise, and he say unto thee, Where us, we pray thee, the entrance fore approached ye so ng una into the city, and we will shew the city when ye did fight? knew thee mercy. And when he shew-ye not that they would shoot from ed them the entrance into the the wall? Who smote Ahimeest city, they smote the city with the son of Jerubbesheth? did t the edge of the sword; but they a woman cast a piece of a milllet go the man and all his family, stone upon him from the wall And the man went into the land that he died in Thebez? why we of the Hittites, and built a city, ye nigh the wall? then say the and called the name thereof Luz: Thy servant Uriah the Hirate which is the name thereot unto dead also. So the mess this day. went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him kr. And the messengers said th David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto into the field, and we were p them even unto the entering of the gate. And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. Judges viii, 13, 14. And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof even threescore and seventeen men. 1 Sam. xix, 18. So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 2 Sam. i, 1-7. Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziglag; It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold,à nian came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the 2 Sam xviii, 19, 20, 21, 28Then said Ahimaaz the son Zadok, Let me now run and be the king tidings; how that the LORD hath avenged him of be enemies. And Joab said unto him Thou shalt not bear tidings the day, but thou shalt bear thing another day; but this day the shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. Then sald Joab to Cushi, Go tell the what thou hast seen. And Cas bowed himself to Joab, and ran And Abimaaz called, and said t the king, All is well. And he down to the earth upon his fe before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which b delivered up the men that i up their hand against my lord king. And the king said, Ist young man Absalom safe? A Ahimaaz answered, When Jea |